Eretmosaurus

Eretmosaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
Neotype specimen of E. rugosus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Microcleididae
Genus: Eretmosaurus
Seeley, 1874
Type species
Eretmosaurus rugosus
Seeley, 1874
Synonyms
  • Plesiosaurus rugosus Owen, 1840

Eretmosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic Blue Lias of England. Only the type species is known, which is E. rugosus.

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